International Children’s Bible

1 Chronicles 2:13-24 International Children’s Bible (ICB)

13. Jesse’s first son was Eliab. His second son was Abinadab. His third son was Shimea.

14. His fourth son was Nethanel. His fifth son was Raddai.

15. Jesse’s sixth son was Ozem, and his seventh son was David.

16. Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah’s three sons were Abishai, Joab and Asahel.

17. Abigail was the mother of Amasa. Amasa’s father was an Ishmaelite named Jether.

18. Caleb son of Hezron had children by his wife Azubah and by Jerioth. Caleb and Azubah’s sons were Jesher, Shobab and Ardon.

19. When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath. They had a son named Hur.

20. Hur was the father of Uri. Uri was the father of Bezalel.

21. Later, when Hezron was 60 years old, he married the daughter of Makir. Makir was Gilead’s father. Hezron had intimate relations with Makir’s daughter, and she had a son named Segub.

22. Segub was the father of Jair. Jair controlled 23 cities in the country of Gilead.

23. (But Geshur and Aram captured the Towns of Jair. They also captured Kenath and the small towns around it. There were 60 towns in all.) All these were descendants of Makir, the father of Gilead.

24. After Hezron died in Caleb Ephrathah, his wife Abijah had his son. He was named Ashur. Ashur became the father of Tekoa.